Williamson Exercises Benefit Makes it a Good Resolution for All

New Year. New Resolutions. A good one is to exercise more. Exercise is good for young and old alike, enhancing cognition, health, sleep quality, and more. Apple Country Chiropractic has confidence that adding Williamson exercise to your way of life is a positive behavior that enhances your life in due course. Let’s get moving!

EXERCISE MOTIVATORS

Culture can be encouraging of physical activity…or not. Researchers evaluated various motivators for physical activity and exercise. Since being physically active is an act of self-determination, they described the combination of autonomy, competence, ego, task, and relatedness of these in the motivation to exercise. American subjects were more autonomous, task oriented, and physically active than Turkish subjects reminding researchers and ultimately us clinicians to adapt exercise to the patient and his/her interests. (1) Apple Country Chiropractic has to find out what motivates you! Simple? Fast? At-home? Out of the house? Maybe some mindfulness? To enhance the exercise effort, inserting mindfulness appears hopeful. Researchers found though that many have misconceptions or no concept of what mindfulness is or how it is valuable to mental and overall health. One study examined the effectiveness of physical activity and mindfulness activities in averting mental health issues and decided that it held promise. (2) Apple Country Chiropractic appreciates those types of benefits!

BENEFITS FOR COGNITION, PAIN RELIEF WITH PHYSICAL ACTIVITY

A pill maybe?! None of us would confess to wanting a pill to be physically fit…or would we? Of course not! As the pharmacological world looks for drugs to enhance cognitive function in the aging folks, researchers have also listed nutrition, diet, probiotics, cognitive training, and physical activity, exercise, even dancing – ballroom, aerobic and Latin - as being useful. (3) Major motivators can be healthy lifestyle behaviors mixed with chiropractic care. Treating and alleviating chronic pain – related to decreased brain gray matter and impaired cognitive function - was found to restore normal brain function. (4) That’s what Apple Country Chiropractic does: treat chronic pain with chiropractic care featuring spinal manipulation.

OLDER FOLKS AND YOUNG KIDS

Curious researchers tackled the question of older adults’ goals, motivations, and self-determination motivators to lead a healthy lifestyle and do things to support that lifestyle like exercising and eating well. Factors like personality and goal-setting habits were suggested influencers. (5) Even in kids, researchers saw that behaviors like breakfast eating, exercise, and sleep patterns influenced their healthy lifestyle. Not having breakfast in the morning – 11% of kids in one study did this – was linked to sleep duration, bedtime, and physical activity. 9.5% of kids said they had poor sleep. 24.9% slept less than the suggested 9 hours. Girls were less physically active. Sad news: Such unhealthy habits worsened children’s hand-eye coordination and attention. Good] news: Better sleep quality bettered their reaction time in a visual attention test. (6) Apple Country Chiropractic is here to help you make better choices, temper expectations, and make beneficial healthy lifestyle goals.

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Make your Williamson chiropractic appointment today. A new year. A new resolution. Including exercise as a new, healthy behavior will likely enhance your health, sleep quality, cognition, and more.

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